{"id":41151,"date":"2024-08-24T10:16:22","date_gmt":"2024-08-24T10:16:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/news\/scottish-photographer-captures-the-lives-of-insects-in-striking-detail\/"},"modified":"2024-08-24T10:16:23","modified_gmt":"2024-08-24T10:16:23","slug":"scottish-photographer-captures-the-lives-of-insects-in-striking-detail","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/news\/scottish-photographer-captures-the-lives-of-insects-in-striking-detail\/","title":{"rendered":"Scottish photographer captures the lives of insects in striking detail"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Jimmy Reid photographed this yellowjacket wasp near his home in Loanhead<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n
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When Jimmy Reid goes looking for incredible wildlife to photograph, he doesn’t have to stray very far from home. <\/p>\n

He looks under drain covers, beneath rocks and even inside the dilapidated shed in his garden in Loanhead, Midlothian.<\/p>\n

To some, the wasps, moths, ants and spiders that emerge may be considered mundane, or even a pest. <\/p>\n

To Jimmy, a professional photographer, they are the subject of striking close-up shots revealing fascinating detail. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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An early mining bee sleeping in a garden in Loanhead<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n
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“I look in the strangest places and I usually get lucky,” he told BBC Scotland News. <\/p>\n

“My shed seems to be a gold mine because it’s falling apart.<\/p>\n

“It’s incredible that I’ve been doing this for 10 years but I still find creatures that I’ve never seen before.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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An emperor moth found in the Pentland Hills, near Edinburgh<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n
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The 39-year-old father also travels to nearby woods and country parks to find new species that he hasn’t yet photographed.<\/p>\n

“It’s so exciting that I’m tempted to go out most evenings in the summer hunting for new subjects whether it be birds or bugs,” he said. <\/p>\n

“When I’m taking pictures of bees and wasps I try to do this at night when they are sleeping as they are less likely to move – but they are hard to find.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Wood ant found on a pine tree in Saulton Big Wood, East Lothian<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n
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A pond slater found in a clump of algae in Straiton pond in Midlothian<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n
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Three snipe flies found at Flanders Moss, Stirling<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n
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A male cucumber spider eating a fly in Bilston Woods, Midlothian<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n
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A yellow jacket wasp being swarmed by ants<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n
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A crane fly found in an Edinburgh garden <\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n
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A shield bug in Loanhead<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n
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Hoverfly in an Edinburgh back garden<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n
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A tiger beetle found at Saulton Big Wood<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n
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Crane fly with parasitic mites found in Loanhead<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n
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Donacia-semicuprea – a type of beetle found at Flanders Moss in Stirling<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n
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A Bee -fly with its proboscis found at Blackford-Pond in Edinburgh<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n
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A ruby tailed wasp at Musselburgh Lagoons in East Lothian<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n
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A Shield bug laying eggs in Loanhead<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n
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An owl coughing up a pellet in the Pentland Hills in Edinburgh<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n
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Jimmy Reid wears camouflage gear to take pictures of owls<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n

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